Kelly Preston

Kelly Preston
Preston talks with Navy family members at the USO holiday party at Rockwell Hall Gym on Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va, December 3, 2005.
Birth name	Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis
Born	October 13 1962 (age 46) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Occupation	model (1976-1983) actress (1983-present)
Spouse(s)	Kevin Gage (1986-1988) John Travolta (1991 - Present)
Awards Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Screen Couple 2000 Battlefield Earth

Kelly Preston (born October 13, 1962) is an American actress and former model married to John Travolta since 1991.

Early life

Preston was born as Kelly Kamalelehua Palzis in Honolulu, Hawaii.^{[citation needed]} Her mother, Linda Carlson,^[1] was an administrator of a mental health center, and her father, who worked for an agricultural firm, drowned when Preston was three years old.^[2] Her adoptive father was Peter Palzis, a personnel director, and her stepfather was Lee Carlson.^[3][4] She spent time living in Iraq and Australia as a result of her biological father's work when she was a child. While living in Australia, she attended Pembroke School in Adelaide. She later attended Punahou School and studied drama and theater at the University of Southern California.^[5]

Career

She began her modeling career as a teenager. At sixteen, she was discovered by a fashion photographer who helped her get acting work in commercials and other small parts, which eventually developed into a successful movie career. She is a spokesperson for Neutrogena and appears in print and television ads.^{[citation needed]}

She was featured in the chart-topping Maroon 5 music video, "She Will Be Loved" in 2004. The video features a love triangle and romantic scenes between Preston and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine.

Personal life

Marriage & family

Preston was married to actor Kevin Gage from 1987 to 1989.^[6] She also had relationships with George Clooney and Charlie Sheen.^[6] Clooney's famous pet pig, Max, was a gift from Preston that Clooney kept after the couple split up.^[7] Sheen presented Preston with a 2.5 carat pink diamond engagement ring when he proposed to her in 1989, although they never married.^[6] After living with Sheen for one year, she ended the relationship in 1990, shortly after an incident in which Sheen accidentally shot her in the arm.^[6]

Preston first met John Travolta in 1987 while filming The Experts.^[8] The pair married in 1991. Two ceremonies had to be conducted because the first, performed in Paris on September 5, 1991 by a French Scientologist minister (both Preston and Travolta are Scientologists), was legally invalid. The second ceremony took place a week later, on September 12, in Daytona Beach, Florida.^{[citation needed]}

Their son, Jett, who was born on April 13, 1992, died on January 2, 2009 while the family was on holiday in The Bahamas.^[9][10] The cause of death was attributed to a seizure.^[11] Jett, who had a history of seizures,^[12] reportedly suffered from Kawasaki disease in early childhood.^[13] Preston and Travolta also have a daughter, Ella Bleu, born in 2000.

Health research

Recently, she has taken up the issue of overmedication and children. She has advocated that schools are forcing or pressuring students and their families to medicate them for ADD unnecessarily. She has testified before the Florida state legislature encouraging the passage of a bill to ban such practice. A federal law to that effect became law in July 2005, though only schools receiving federal funding are subject to its terms.^{[citation needed]}

She also devotes much of her time as a board member of the Children's Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC), a non-profit organization dedicated to educating parents about environmental toxins and potential health hazards for children with illnesses. She joined after her son Jett was diagnosed with Kawasaki syndrome, an illness that she suggests affects children and results in severe allergies and asthma attacks (although Kawasaki syndrome is known to cause coronary artery aneurysms if not treated but is not associated with causing asthma or allergies).^{[citation needed]}

Trivia

• Her former boyfriends include George Clooney and Charlie Sheen. After living with Sheen for one year (and receiving a very large diamond ring from him), Preston ended the relationship in 1990 shortly after an incident in which Sheen accidentally shot her in the arm. She was married to Kevin Gage from 1986 to 1988.

• John Travolta married Kelly Preston twice. Their first wedding (September 5, 1991) was performed by a French Scientologist minister, but it was later declared legally invalid. They married again within the month.

• Was featured in the chart-topping Maroon 5 music video, "She Will Be Loved" in 2004. The video features a dangerous love triangle and some steamy romantic scenes between Preston and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine.

• Has spent time living in Iraq and Australia as a result of her father's position with an agricultural firm when she was a child. While living in Australia, she attended Pembroke School in Adelaide.

• Was a participant in a special celebrity edition of Fear Factor in 2001. She completed the final stunt, but ultimately lost to rapper Coolio. Her other competition included Brooke Burke, David Hasselhoff, Donny Osmond, and former WWE wrestler Joanie Laurer. Preston received $25,000 for her choice charity, which her husband John Travolta then matched.

• Is of English and Hawaiian descent.

Filmography

Upcoming:

• Old Dogs (2008)
• The Tenth Circle (2008) Lifetime TV Original movie

References

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